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Khun Andy's neighborhood

Hi all, Sorry it has taken me so long to get these posted. For those expecting exotic pictures and tales, this post may prove a little on the dull side. But I've had a number of requests for pictures of my neighborhood and here is the first batch. All these pictures were taken within a 10 minute walk or less from my condo. The Pad Thai cooking lesson pics were also within a 10 minute walk. As Bangkok neighborhoods go, it is a fairly quiet one. It's a bit on the expensive side, but most neighborhoods along Sukhumvit within a 10 minute walk of the skytrain are. On a hot day like today, I'm still pretty hot by the time I get to the skytrain (henceforward to be called BTS). One good thing is that at my stop, there are escalators going up. Once up on the platform, it's usually not a very long wait before the luxuriously airconditioned train arrives to give some much needed relief. Using BTS, I can get to most places in the city pretty quickly. Sometimes I think I&
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My apartment building,nine stories with a medium size swimming pool on top. I live on the 7th floor. 
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Another shot of my building from the front on the street 
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Entrance to my building. 
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This is our own little spirit house protecting us from bad spirits. 
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This is the entrance to the house directly across the street from my building. 
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This is the view from just outside my building looking down toward Soi 38. 
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House near the corner of my street and Soi 38. 
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This is the corner of my small street and Soi 38. 
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Entrance to a fancy bakery and attached 3 way restaurant one part of which serves very upscale Thai food, one part Indian and one part French inspired farang food. They have EXCELLENT croissants... 
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Looking down Soi 38 toward the skytrain and Sukhumvit near the corner of my smaller street. 
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A wall with some fancy grillework along Soi 38 
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While the vast majority of Thai people are Buddhist, there are a relatively small number of Christians. I walk past this church every day on Soi 38 
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Looking down Soi 38 toward Sukhumvit. This street is buzzing at night with each of the buildings housing food stands serving everything from Som Tam to Pad Thai and everything in between. 
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This girl is selling fruit shakes, tea and coffee near Sukhumvit 
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This fruit market is on the corner of Soi 55 (aka Soi Thong Lo) and Sukhumvit. 
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Looking down Soi 38 toward Sukhumvit and the skytrain above. 
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A couple selling stuff on a stick on Soi Thong Lo. Usually it's pork or chicken, sometimes you might find squid or prawns 
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Boy scouts and girl scouts on Soi Thong Lo after school. From what I've been told, the scouting movement here is not quite the same as in the USA. Here it appears to be mostly for show.
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My neighborhood has many Japanese folks and many businesses including restaurants to cater to them! 
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Yummy!!! Freshly grilled bananas from street vendor on Soi Thong Lo 
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Two boys hanging out on Soi Thong Lo after school 
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Want to learn how to cook Pad Thai? Today she will be your instructor.
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Start by frying up the seafood mix. We've got some fresh shrimp, tiny dried shrimp, clams and tofu here to start with.
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Now she puts the noodles on top of the seafood 
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Add some fish sauce, tamarind juice, palm or coconut sugar, and garlic while letting the noodles steam a little